The Daily Dharma

The Buddhist practice of compassion begins with recognizing your own personhood and being compassionate to yourself. Here's why it's difficult and how to move towards it, step by step.

Today's episode centers on the true nature of failure and a neat little story from Ajahn Brahm about a little boy who couldn't memorize. Follow us on Instagram @the.daily.dharma for Buddhist quotes!

In this week's episode, we talk about going through extremes and why it's part of your spiritual journey. 

In this episode, we talk about the nature of life - impermanence and what our own sense of suffering has to do with it.

In Buddhism, guilt is an emotion that serves no purpose. It intensifies your suffering instead of alleviating it. So go ahead and forgive yourself - or take small steps every day to reach forgiveness…

What is a Bodhisattva? In this episode, we talk about the translation of the world, who Bodhisattvas truly are and the lessons we can draw from their stories. 

In this episode, we cover the meaning behind the introductory Buddhist stanza, "Namo Tassa" and the importance and respect given to one's skepticism when starting out in Buddhism. We especially highl…

Why do so many spiritual "gurus" push us to give "big"? In this episode, we talk about giving from the Buddhist lens and why it's more important than ever to simply give "small". 

The pandemic has left us all feeling all sorts of wrong. In this episode. we talk about why it's okay to simply feel what you're feeling and allow yourself to be grumpy. 

Do you find yourself pushing harder and harder in your spiritual path, without yielding results? In this episode, we talk about the cons of self-punishment and why Buddhist philosophy points towards …

In stillness, the world is restored. In this week's episode, we talk about how "nothing" is not necessarily a bad thing - that we can take the absence of action as both a negative and a positive. The…

Hello! In this week's episode, we talk about the power of perspective. When we realize that we have a choice in how we see the losses and suffering in our lives, we gain a powerful tool in self-actua…

Grief, or the pain of things we are attached to going away, is a pivotal part of life. In this episode, we talk about how Buddhist philosophy deals with grief and how we can learn to become compassio…

This week, our story is drawn from my life's experience - having done many rash things, I had to take time to be silent, reflect and talk it out with a wise person. Now that this process is over, we …

This week has been super rough for me so I wasn't sure I could do an episode. However, a friend of mine recently reminded me that speaking of good, positive things helps to dispel negative energy. So…

In this episode, we talk about the Buddhist perspective on forgiveness and why it's important not to harbor deep feelings of resentment and hatred towards others. 

Happy Wednesday! It's becoming a habit for me to do our episodes in the middle of the week and I kinda like it. In this week's episode, we talk about a beautiful fable I read in one of Venerable Ajah…

In this week's episode, we talk about the Five Precepts. While most Buddhist traditions take it as a simple and straight-forward sutra, we explore how it's actually pretty deep - an open invitation t…

For today's episode, I share a simple yet impactful Buddhist story about a boy and a salamander. To stay connected to us after each episode, make sure to follow us on Instagram @the.daily.dharma and …

We take a look at the Lokavipatti Sutta to uncover the eight conditions of the world. You can read more about it HERE. Follow us on Instagram @the.daily.dharma to stay connected to us!